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ArticleTransboundary and emerging diseases2024

Molecular Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Circulating in Iranian Bats Using Real-Time RT-PCR for Detection of Envelop (E) Gene of the Virus.

Saeed Shahabi, Kourosh Azizi, Yaser Bakhshi, Neda Pirbonyeh, Afagh Moattari, Alireza Sazmand, Mostafa Omidian, Bahador Sarkari

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Saeed ShahabiDepartment of Biology and Control of Disease Vectors, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2768-1497
Kourosh AziziDepartment of Biology and Control of Disease Vectors, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-2536
Yaser BakhshiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Neda PirbonyehDepartment of Bacteriology and Virology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5700-3913
Afagh MoattariDepartment of Bacteriology and Virology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4394-9622
Alireza SazmandDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-2993
Mostafa OmidianDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5065-5249
Bahador SarkariDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2045-9057

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Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 was first reported in 2019 to cause pneumonia in people of Wuhan, Hubei province, China, is now associated with high mortality worldwide. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) is closely (88%-89% similarity) related to the coronavirus circulating in Aim: The current study was performed, for the first time, to investigate the infection of Iranian bats with SARS-CoV-2. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 using 183 bat samples collected from three caves in the south (Fars province) and two caves in the northwest (Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces) of Iran. Bats' digestive and respiratory system samples were collected from each bat of different species. The samples were evaluated by real-time PCR and by targeting a 221 bp fragment of the envelop (E) genes of SARS-CoV-2. Results: COVID-19 was detected in alimentary specimens of two of the Mediterranean horseshoe ( Conclusion: Although, based on the findings of the molecular evaluation, the infection of bats with COVID-19 was determined in this study, further studies are needed on a larger number of bats, particularly horseshoe bats, to confirm the potential infection of Iranian bats with COVID-19.

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ChiropteraCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2AnimalsCross-Sectional StudiesIranPhylogenyReal-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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